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I would like to suggest the 7,7 cm WD Schlepper 50 PS. Funny name, what is it? Oh thats simple its a classical 1920 fully tracked tractor with some armor put on and a 7,7 cm FK 96 L/27 put on a 30° platform with gunshield on it. Crew of 2 1 build and put into service. Funny story, but similar to the Zis 30.
The Wehrmacht gave on the 08.10.1926 an order to Krupp AG to construct an SPG for a 7,5 cm Infantry gun. It was an civil Fully tracked vehicle to be used and a Gun with shield of 8mm with 15° traverse to each side as well as -10 and +40° elevation. The Hull armor 10mm and a max speed of 12 km/H. ammo was at the back in 5mm armored boxes.
The gun is the 7,7 cm FK 96 with about the same projectiles as the later 7,5 cm K 37 L/24 (the FK 96 were later also rechamered for 7,5 mm ammo which is based on the 7,7 cm ammo)
One He grenade was called Feldgranate 96 with a weight of 7 kg and 190g of TNT 465m/s and some ap performance.
The Gun:
7,7 cm FK 96 n.A. L/27
15° left and right each at 20-25°/sec
-10+40° elevation
around 10-40 rounds in 5mm ammo box at the back
Note:
The German WW2 Made drawings have for the plain HE grenades different weights, duo to new fuzes, the British source FROM 1918 is in that aspect more accurat, with the exception to the Shrapnell and APHE rounds!
(Amatol could also have a 1,26x TnTa.)
The available ammo and details:(Click to show)
AP:
K.Gr. 15 m.P. m.L. (Aphe) 7 kg 230g Fp.02 465m/s 52mm/10m penetration
K.Gr.16 (Saphe (No Tracer)) 6,25 kg 700g Amatol 480m/s 30+mm/10m(Historical 20mm/600m)
With Lg.K.Z.m.V., also available as pure HE with E.K.Z. 16/23 fuze (see below under HE)
HE:
K.Gr. 15 (He-TF (No Tracer)) 7,1 kg 380g amatol or 270g Pieric acid 465m/s
(TNTa for the Pieric Acid In Game x1,1, IRL x1,2, for the Amatol x1,26)
K.Gr.16 (He-TF (No Tracer)) 6,25 kg 700g Amatol 480m/s
With E.K.Z. 16/23, also available as SAHPE with the Lg.K.Z.m.V. (see above under AP)
L.F.K.Gr. (He-TF (No Tracer)) 7,18 kg 930g amatol (1,172 kg TnTa) 465m/s
(Pieric Acid ig x1,1=770g, IRL x1,2=840g) other fillers are 700g Pieric acid or 820g amatol with 75g Pieric acid.
Utility:
Kt. (Canister Shot (No Tracer)) 6,65 kg Steel/Leadballs 475m/s
F.Schr.96 (umg.) (Shrapnell-TF (No Tracer)) 7 kg 0,1 kg Blackpowder 465m/s
Works like a Crude WW1 AHEAD round, with a timed fuze mid flight ejecting the Steel/Leadballs, against Infantry and planes.
Filling of x300 10g Lead Balls or 220 Steel Balls (with steel balls 6,85 kg)
Some incendary effect by the pitch around the balls.
Br.Schr.Gr. (Incendary Shrapnell-TF (No Tracer)) 6,8 kg 0,167 kg Blackpowder 470m/s
6 Rows of 5 Segments of Incendary Pellets, Made of Bariumnitrate-Magnesium-Resin of 13g each.
Works like a Crude WW1 AHEAD round, with a timed fuze mid flight ejecting the Incendary Pellets onto the Airtarget.
K.Gr.16 (N) (Smoke (No Tracer)) 6,25 kg 0,4 kg Fp.02 and 0,1 kg Smoke mixture 480m/s
The name is Kanonen Granate 15 mit Panzerkopf,
m.L. mit Leuchtspur
Bo.Pr Bohrgeschoß Preßstrahlform (Cheaper alternative, but irrelevant for the game)
Pictures of some ammo:(Click to show)
Armor: 10mm Hull armor all round, 8mm gunshild
Engine: 50 HP at 850 r/min
Speed: 12kmph
Crew: 2
6 ton
(Its so old its hard to find reliable info on it)
The far right black round with read tip is the Aphe K.Gr. 15 m.P.
Picture:
Sources: Thomas L.Jentz, Hilary Louis Doyle - Panzer Tracts No.7-1, Panzerjäger (3,7cm Tak bis Pz.Sfl.Ic) Entwicklung und Einsatz von 1927 bis 1941
Walter J. Spielberger - Die RAD- und Vollkettenzugmaschinen des Deutschen Heeres 1870-1945